Arrangement

Join Life Science Talks on 30 September 2026 and gain insight into how innovation in life science moves from scientific discovery to development, scale-up, and real-world application.

Online participation is free of charge for members as well as for other interested guests. The event will be held in English.

When innovation becomes real

Innovation has for long been a strategic priority across life science – but what does real innovation actually look like in practice? This edition of Life Science Talks brings together leading Danish and international profiles to explore how scientific ideas move from discovery into development, scale-up, and practical application.

At this autumn’s Life Science Talks, keynote speakers including Jens Nielsen, Jeffrey Hubbell, and David Dreyer Lassen will set the scene, while selected company cases from Freya Biosciences and Evodia Bio will illustrate how innovation journeys unfold in very different parts of the life science landscape – from women’s health and the vaginal microbiome to bioscience, fermentation, and commercial scale-up.

What you will gain

You will gain insight into why innovation remains critical in life science, how it actually happens across the value chain, and what it takes to turn scientific promise into real-world impact.

Through keynote presentations and concrete company cases, the program will explore how biology, engineering, platform development, entrepreneurship, and commercialization come together in practice. The event will also highlight how different innovation models can create value across the sector – from clinical development and women’s health to industrial bioscience and product launch.

The program is designed for life science specialists who want fresh perspectives on what drives meaningful innovation and how new approaches, technologies, and translational models may inspire their own work.

Programme:

16:30 Welcome by Pharmadanmark

Brief Introduction to Innovation by Moderator Kristian Strømgaard

16:40 Opening Key Note by CEO Jens Nielsen, Bio Innovation Institute, Copenhagen

Why Innovation Matters, How It Happens, and What Makes It Real

17:05 Key Note presentation by Vice President Jeffrey Hubbell, New York University

Platform Innovation: How Engineering and Biology Create New Therapeutics

17:30 Innovation Case by CEO & Co-founder Colleen Acosta, Freya Biosciences

How a Differentiated Biological Insight Becomes a Platform, a Company, and a Clinical Program

17:50 Questions from the audience

18:05 Break with refreshments

Innovation displays in the break: Innovation District Copenhagen, Technical University Hospital of Greater Copenhagen (TUH) among others

18:35 Fireside Chat with Rector David Dreyer Lassen

How does Denmark become better at turning basic science into innovation?

18:50 Innovation Case by CEO Camilla Kloss Fenneberg, Evodia Bio

How University Science Becomes a Company, an Industrial Platform, a Launched Product, and an International Commercial Pathway

19:10 Panel Discussion among the whole faculty taking questions from the audience

19:25 Wrap-up and closing remarks

19:30 See you at the next Life Science Talks by Pharmadanmark